Suspected Naxalites on Monday set fire to at least 14 vehicles and machines engaged in construction work in Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.
No person was reportedly injured in the incident, which took place at around 1.30 a.m. at Bangali camp, Dantewada Superintendent of Police Gaurav Rai said.
According to witnesses, 40 to 50 unidentified people, clad as civilians and a few of them armed, set ablaze 14 vehicles and machines, including trucks and earth moving machines, parked there, he said.
While 13 vehicles and machines, belonging to a private construction firm, were engaged in road construction between Dantewada and Bacheli, a water tanker was engaged in railway work, he said.
“Prima facie it seems to be the handiwork of Naxalites,” the official said.
Naxalites have frequently tried to disrupt road construction works in the Bastar division, which consists of seven districts in Dantewada.